Mining Incidents

Ames Backfill Portable Crusher Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Raymond Ames
Carlin, Eureka County, NV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2602728

Ames Backfill Portable Crusher has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
53
citations
5
significant & substantial
$8,652
proposed penalties
$8,501
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
28
inspections on record
365
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 365 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ames Backfill Portable Crusher has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 12,564 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,653 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 17,466 1 0 57.3
2025 Q1 20,087 4 0 199.1
2024 Q4 21,976 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 20,531 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 22,156 3 1 135.4
2024 Q1 24,015 9 1 374.8
Show 44 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 17,626 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 17,063 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 16,667 1 0 60.0
2023 Q1 14,885 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 17,658 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 16,400 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 16,180 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 16,967 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 16,032 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 11,939 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 9,628 5 0 519.3
2021 Q1 9,059 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,477 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,233 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,096 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,912 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,904 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,839 3 0 620.0
2019 Q2 4,786 1 0 208.9
2019 Q1 2,855 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,542 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,269 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,703 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,096 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,950 2 1 506.3
2017 Q3 5,736 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7,578 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 7,037 2 0 284.2
2016 Q4 7,172 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 7,232 4 0 553.1
2016 Q2 6,887 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 7,472 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 7,368 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,638 4 0 523.7
2015 Q2 9,175 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 11,414 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 14,357 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 14,525 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 14,058 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 9,851 2 1 203.0
2013 Q4 13,281 1 0 75.3
2013 Q3 13,239 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 13,100 7 1 534.4
2013 Q1 12,767 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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